![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | For The Term of His Natural Life - Norman Dawn
This is the greatest of all Austrlian Silent films. Made just before the advent of synchronised sound, this film had a limited period of commercial viabilty before it dissapeared from sight. Based on the serialised novel by Marcus Clarke, this was the most expensive film produced in Australia at the time. It costed 50,000 pounds when the average Australian film was made for around 1000 pounds. The film stars George Fisher as Richard Devine/Rufus Dawes/John Rex and Eva Novak as Sylvia Vickers and...
Keywords: Australia; Silent Film; Epic; Marcus Clarke; Convicts; Wrongly Convicted; Doubles; Scandal
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